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Investor
Contact:
Vitacost.com
Kathleen
Reed
Director
of Investor Relations
561.982.4180
ICR,
Inc.
John
Mills
Senior
Managing Director
310.954.1105
Vitacost.com,
Inc. to Meet with RiskMetrics Group on June 14, 2010
BOCA
RATON, Fla., June 10, 2010 – Vitacost.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: VITC), a leading online
retailer and direct marketer of health and wellness products, announced today
that, on Monday, June 14, 2010, Ira Kerker, the Company's Chief Executive
Officer, and Richard Smith, the Company's Chief Financial Officer, will meet
with representatives of the Institutional Shareholder Services ("ISS") division
of RiskMetrics Group in connection with the Company's pending revocation of
consent solicitation and Great Hill Investors, LLC, Great Hill Equity Partners
III, L.P., and Great Hill Equity Partners IV, L.P.'s pending consent
solicitation. ISS is a leading, independent provider of proxy
advisory services to mutual funds and other major institutional
investors.
About
Vitacost.com, Inc.
Vitacost.com,
Inc. (Symbol: VITC) is a leading online retailer and direct marketer of health
and wellness products, including dietary supplements such as vitamins, minerals,
herbs or other botanicals, amino acids and metabolites, as well as cosmetics,
organic body and personal care products, sports nutrition and health foods.
Vitacost.com, Inc. sells these products directly to consumers through its
website, www.vitacost.com, as
well as through its catalogs. Vitacost.com, Inc. strives to offer its customers
the broadest product selection of healthy living products, while providing
superior customer service and timely and accurate delivery.
Additional
Information and Where to Find It
In
connection with a consent revocation solicitation, Vitacost.com, Inc. filed a
definitive consent revocation statement on Schedule 14A with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on May 28, 2010. INVESTORS AND STOCKHOLDERS ARE
ADVISED TO READ THE DEFINITIVE CONSENT REVOCATION STATEMENT AND OTHER RELEVANT
DOCUMENTS FILED WITH THE SEC BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT
VITACOST.COM, INC. AND THE CONSENT REVOCATION SOLICITATION. The definitive
consent revocation statement was mailed to Vitacost.com, Inc. stockholders.
Investors and stockholders may obtain a free copy of these documents and other
documents filed by Vitacost.com, Inc. at the SEC's website at www.sec.gov and at
the Investor Relations section of the Company’s website at www.vitacost.com. The
consent revocation statement and such other documents may also be obtained for
free from Vitacost.com, Inc. by directing such request to Vitacost.com, Inc.,
Attention: Kathleen Reed, 5400 Broken Sound Blvd., NW, Suite 500, Boca Raton,
Florida 33487, Telephone: 561-982-4180.
Vitacost.com,
Inc. and its directors and executive officers may be deemed to be participants
in the solicitation of consent revocations from its stockholders in connection
with the consent revocation solicitation. Information about Vitacost.com, Inc.'s
directors and executive officers is set forth in Vitacost.com, Inc.'s definitive
consent revocation statement on Schedule 14A, which was filed with the SEC on
May 28, 2010.